- Caesars Leisure is reopening its closed poker rooms at Caesars Palace and Planet Hollywood, in response to dependable stories
- Each might be positioned away from their extra worthwhile on line casino flooring
- Caesars Palace’s poker site might be half the dimensions of its predecessor, however Planet Hollywood’s might be a lot bigger
Following the lead of the Venetian, which moved its on line casino flooring poker site to the second flooring of the Grand Canal Shoppes final August, dependable stories have Caesars Leisure reopening each its Caesars Palace and Planet Hollywood poker rooms this spring in much less worthwhile actual property off their on line casino flooring.
This former streetwear retailer with boarded up home windows is reportedly being reworked into a brand new, smaller Caesars Palace poker site off the on line casino flooring. (Picture: X/@John_Mehaffey)
Based on John Mehaffey of Vegas Benefit, the Caesars Palace poker site will reopen inside the Appian Way Shops on Might 16. This upscale retail space, close to Gordon Ramsay’s Pub & Grill and the Statue of David, is a few five-minute stroll from the gaming space.
With eight tables, the brand new room might be solely half the dimensions of its predecessor, Mehaffey stories, with potential room for enlargement if the brand new location doesn’t deter foot site visitors and informal participant participation as anticipated.
The final Caesars Palace poker site closed in August. (Picture: Scott Roeben/Very important Vegas)
The Caesars Palace poker site has had two earlier places, each on the gaming flooring. Initially positioned reverse the sportsbook, the primary boasted 63 tables. That location was closed in 2014 to increase Pure (later rebranded Omnia) Nightclub.
That very same 12 months, the poker site reopened between the sportsbook and Colosseum with solely 16-18 tables. It lasted there till Aug. 4, 2024.
On the time, Caesars Leisure introduced the closure as solely momentary. Supposedly, the room closed to accommodate a renovation of the on line casino’s high-limit slots space and would reopen “in 60-90 days.” Nevertheless, that space now hosts lower-limit slots.
Two of a Variety
Planet Hollywood’s poker site, which closed in July 2021, can be reopening off its on line casino flooring, in response to Mehaffey’s sources. However it should greater than double in dimension.
A number of stories have the brand new Planet Hollywood poker site opening in a former non-public occasion area. (Picture: X/@seventensuited)
The brand new room, anticipated to open Might 2, might be positioned within the former London Membership area, off the mezzanine stage throughout from the marriage chapel. It can characteristic 23 tables, 12 devoted to money video games, and it’ll overlook the on line casino’s Pleasure Pit, the place the unique 10-12 desk poker site was positioned.
The London Membership, shuttered in the course of the pandemic shutdown, was a 4,800-square-foot non-public area rented out for events and company gatherings.
These strikes align with the overall Las Vegas company development of deprioritizing poker in favor of slots, which vastly outperform poker’s modest rake-based income. (In poker, the home doesn’t compete towards its company. It solely earns cash by way of a proportion, sometimes 10% of the pot with a most cap of $4 to $6 per hand.)
Round 40 Las Vegas poker rooms have closed for good for the reason that early-aughts poker growth began going bust round 2012. Presently, Las Vegas has 17. The final to shut was on the Sahara, which grew to become the seventh Vegas Strip poker site to fold in 5 years when the on line casino changed it with slots in November 2024.
